Agenda Related Items - Meeting of March 18, 2025
Supplemental Packet Date: March 18, 2025
THOUSAND OAKS CITY COUNCIL
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o: City Council
From: Andrew P. Powers, City Manager
Date: March 18, 2025
Subject: Agenda Item 8A – Citywide FY 2025-26 Top Ten Priorities and Goal Setting Study Session
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s stated in the subject report, Attachment #1 is being provided in this Supplemental Packet. Attachment #1 is the list of FY 2025- 26 Proposed Top Priorities. The submitted priorities are not in any particular order.
1 FY 2025-26 Proposed Priorities
1. Fiscal S
ustainability: Construct and consider two- year Operational & C apital Improvement Budgets | Commence labor negotiations and consider agreements | Complete User Fee study and consider updates | Complete updated Water & Wastewater rate studies | Advocate for creative State & Federal funding sources to support affordable housing production.
2. Homel
essness: Open initial 30 units at “Thrive Grove” navigation center on Lawrence Drive | Carefully oversee and adjust site operations | Evaluate funding opportunities and need for additional entitled 20- unit site expansion | Continue vigorous legal & political engagement related to former Quality Inn “Project Homekey ” site | In conjunction with Thousand Oaks Police Department, continue refining enforcement & support strategies at various problematic locations across the community.
3. Downt
own Project : Contemplate funding strategies for project construction & provide direction | Consider key design + engineering decisions for phased development of Downtown Project | Consider targeted alterations to Thousand Oaks Boulevard within the downtown core | Complete environmental review and prepare for public hearing | Continue robust ongoing community engagement.
4. Compr
ehensive General Plan Implementation: Advance full Zoning Code and Sign Program Update | Proactively work with property owners to better understand new land use designations in the plan | Process development applications and Specific Plan requests for key redevelopment sites (Oaks Mall, Janss Marketplace, former drive-in site, etc.) | Carefully monitor housing production as it relates to Housing Element compliance.
5. Technology
Investments: Begin implementation of the City Council -adopted Information Technology Strategic Plan | Hire agency’s Chief Information Officer /Chief Technology Officer leadership position and begin departmental migration | Enhance Geographic Information System (GIS) architecture and data with improved features and user interface for the public | Initiate “Enterprise Resource Planning” (ERP) scoping exercise.
6. Housing
Production: Meet with each currently-entitled major project applicant for a status conference and develop comprehensive update report for the City Council | Collaborate with owners to attempt to address any specific City -controlled impediments to construction of their projects | Continue work with People’s Self Help Housing on the affordable for-sale housing project at Hillcrest & Erbes Road to promote funding solutions needed to advance the project | Encourage the development of for -sale in addition to rental housing stock.
7. Economi
c Development: Identify & hire next Economic Development Manager | Educate property owners on development incentives (i.e., lot consolidation) and modified land use designations | Continue to facilitate investment in the Thousand Oaks biotechnology + aerospace cluster, with specific focus on newly constructed spec -built lab spaces | Complete development hearing for 16- building Shapell industrial project in ATTACHMENT #1
2 CMO:120-40\as\H:\COMMON\Agenda\2025\031825 Goals\Attachment 1 FY 2025-26 Proposed Priorities.docx Rancho Conejo | In conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce, streamline filming and special event permit process to better support the unique needs of local non- profits and the film industry.
8. Environmental Sustainability: Complete the shift of renewable energy projects at Hill Canyon Treatment Plant to City control | Continue Climate and Environmental Action Plan implementation items including encouraging a community reduction in the use of gas -powered lawn equipment | Prepare for large- scale investment in electrical vehicle infrastructure | Connect Active Transportation Plan to targeted investment in enhancing bicycle and pedestrian projects.
9. Cultural Arts + Library: Continue alignment of resources focused on enhanced programmatic and service opportunities created by the newly unified Cultural & Community Services Department | Enhance community collaboration with partner agencies, arts entities, and the broader non- profit sector | Maintain focus on balanced programming to build on recent fiscal success | Continue to consider near and long-term space planning investments at various cultural & library locations, especially in the Downtown Project | Further implement new Art in Public Spaces Policy | Complete TO Arts Memorandum of Understanding ( MOU) renewal and next Resident Company application process with applicable consideration.
10. Public Works Infrastructure Investments: Complete Active Transportation Plan with robust public engagement | Identify + onboard next Public Works Director | Prepare for next two-year citywide pavement rehabilitation project | Advance Lynn Road bike lane improvements in conjunction with Caltrans | Rehabilitate damaged areas of sidewalk infrastructure through use of both in-house and contractual resources | Rehabilitate public medians with drought tolerant landscaping | Maintain aging infrastructure.
11. Public Safety, Community- Based Emergency Preparedness, & Wildfire Mitigation: Collaborate with the District Attorney’s Office to advance MOU and site the East County Family Justice Center | Leverage advanced technology to support law enforcement and fire department | Strengthen efforts to promote residential emergency preparedness & home hardening education with Ventura County Office of Emergency Service, Ventura County Fire, and “Ventura County Firesafe Councils” by collaborating to produce effective short-form video content & outreach campaigns | Work to incorporate regulatory changes associated with new fire hazard regulations and more modern wildfire preparedness across the community | Further enhance resiliency by installing additional backup power generation to both intersections and water facilities along with reflective traffic signal taping to prepare for prolonged outages.
12. Active Transportation Plan: Revise the Active Transportation Plan to make the city more inviting for pedestrians and cyclists | Make further progress on previous Bicycle Facilities Master Plan resolution enacted by City Council to complete citywide bicycle network | Explore the use of upgrades and League of American Bicyclists Bicycle Friendly City certification to seek further Federal and State grant funding | Advance Lynn Road bike lane improvements in conjunction with Caltrans.
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